Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3474
foulkesg@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Edinburgh West 1970 and Edinburgh Pentlands October 1974 general elections. MP (Labour) for South Ayrshire 1979-83, for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 1983-2005
Parliamentary career
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Europe 1983-85,
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1985-92,
Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control 1992-93,
Overseas Development 1994-97;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of International Development 1997-2001;
Minister of State, Scotland Office 2001-02
Lords career
Member, Intelligence and Security Committee 2007-10
Party groups
Chair, Labour Campaign for a Scottish Parliament -1997;
Member, Co-operative Party
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
Edinburgh Corporation 1970-75,
Lothian Regional Council 1974-79;
Chair:
Lothian Region Education Committee 1974-79,
Education Committee, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities 1975-78;
JP, Edinburgh 1975
International bodies
Delegate, Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and Western European Union 1979-80, 2004-;
Executive member:
UK Branch of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1989-97, 2011-,
British Section of Inter-Parliamentary Union 1989-97,
Socialist International 2004-08
Political interests
International development, foreign affairs, devolution, energy, human rights, defence, Scotland, financial regulation
Countries of interest
Latin America, Caribbean, China, EU, Russia
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, of Cumnock in East Ayrshire 2005
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Advisory Board of GovNet Communications (publisher and events organiser)
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, 25-28 May 2012, with a Cross-Party Group; travel, accommodation and related costs paid for by The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Governor, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, Caribbean Council (which has replaced the Caribbean-British Business Council)